Today marks 5 months spent here. I have made it a point to add in a monthly blog post about who knows what when I hit a new month of penthouse lovin. Today what came to mind was to celebrate 5 months...
“On Mother’s Day I have written a poem for you. In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines: You’re...
Some of you may remember how in a blog post I mentioned wanting to make the nurses do a music video. Well this patient in Seattle made the masterpiece that I can’t even compete with. Although they ar...
For those who have not seen Good Luck Chuck the movie goes a little bit like this: Boy is hexed at a young age because he refuses to kiss some young goth girl. Boy then becomes man and performs coitu...
Brett Favre you ask? Well yes, because as soon as Brett Favre would announce his retirement he would be back playing in the NFL. I am pulling my own Brett Favre because as soon as I said I was steppi...
With the beginning of a new month I felt a blog post was owed, especially to make up for that piss poor previous post. I knew that seeing the month of May from inside these hospital walls was a possi...
Recently I mentioned there were 4 transplant patients waiting here including myself. As of last night there were 5. As I write this now there are only 3. I am still one of them. We have myself, a pen...
The emotional ups and downs that can occur in a day in the penthouse can definitely be extreme. A roller coaster if you will. This morning I planned to blog about my pet hawk that lives outside my wi...
I have been here now for 4 months. One-third of a year. Cuatro freakin meses. After this long you start to feel you are never leaving. Just gonna be hanging with my new family till the end of time. I...
A few months back I was contacted by a woman that had received a transplant. In her attempt to help me through my wait she informed me of something she did to try and get through the process. She exp...
So I have decided to pass on a story to all my wonderful readers and here it is: So a 28 year old male was taking his trash out late one night. The man’s identity had been mistaken by local gang memb...
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So although you may have been waiting for some great blog about me pulling April Fool’s Day pranks the truth is it was a complete failure. During the day shift it was very busy here in the ICU so eve...
So as I sat here and watched the date change to April 1st, I thought to myself “you have got to be kidding me!” Seeing that I thought my lease in the penthouse was up in March, you can see my disgust...
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For whatever reason, I decided to see how many days I have been staying here on the 10th floor. I normally do not know the number of days except for when I did the other blog post about being here fo...
Today I took my third dose of the bitter sweetness that the penthouse can give out. From previous blogs some will remember my buddy Jose that used to be waiting up here in the penthouse next to me, b...
For most of you the answer to the title question I would hope is January 1st, or at least the 2nd or 3rd. Mine came today march 18th. Technically I haven’t stepped foot even inside a bathroom since D...
Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group is isolated and/or shut in a small space, with nothing to do, for an extended period. Symptoms i...
More shenanigans from the 10th floor. I do believe the nurses are unaware this was filmed, but I must admit I do have the best nurses around. No one has a better time in a hospital than bed 6 of the ...
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Today marks weekend number 13 in a row spent here on the 10th floor. Since graduating college the weekend has never had the same mystique about it, but regardless of age, job, or location the weekend...
In 8 days I will have been here for 3 months. I have been told over and over you will have good days and you will have bad days. Although in the end every day is a bad day because I am not living whe...
The man that made this movie is a true hero. When even I think I have it bad it is nothing compared to others. Watch this video and share it. It is truly amazing!
Seeing as it is about to hit March and I have been here since December it becomes necessary to do things to get a person through the day. Now I don’t know how others that have come before would have ...
Today marked the departure of Frank the tank from the penthouse, leaving only myself as the remaining member from the three stooges photo. Frank the tank is definitely an appropriate nickname because...
When people look back on their life I bet no one really remembers their 24th birthday. I would have to say for me unfortunately I will remember. I bet your thinking it’s because I spent my bday in th...
So today marked 2 months spent in the penthouse. That means I have spent 63 days here which in turn means I have spent 1,512 hours in here. 2 months really didn’t seem that bad, until like an idiot I...
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My grandma asked me this morning if I had stopped blogging. The answer is I didn’t, but I find it much harder to write about things. The reason being is that I enjoy writing with humor and light-hear...
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